Meteor Shower

[Jonny Powers]

Out of all the arcade games, this one is the most frsutrating. The controls are disproportionate in movement (moving forward is much faster than rotation) and overwhelming in enemies after you get past a score of 10 or 12k. Maybe I just need more practice, but I can't seem to get past a score of 15 or 16000 without dying, and the last 3k is usually me just sitting in the center rotating and firing the best I can. Anybody have any tips?

[Rolf]

JUS' KEEP MOVIN' YA GIT AN' USE MORE DAKKA

[Onii]

you can spam the fire as fast as you can, so uhh, yeah unlimited rapid fire if your finger is swol enough.

[Talon]

annoying tbh I am stuck on this, turning is slow, rocks can spawn on you if you move out of the center and moving forward just flings you

[( ￣ω￣.)]

https://youtu.be/0Hkn-LSh7es
Best advise for that minigame tbh

[xxlordxx686]

The developer should implent a way to skip this since it's so annoying, the other ones were alright and the highscores to beat were acceptable, but this one takes it too far. Especially due to the random spawning of these asteroids you will easily hit from behind, because turning is so sluggish

[Talon]

Originally posted by xxlordxx686:

The developer should implent a way to skip this since it's so annoying, the other ones were alright and the highscores to beat were acceptable, but this one takes it too far. Especially due to the random spawning of these asteroids you will easily hit from behind, because turning is so sluggish

That and unless you are in the middle they can spawn on top of you pretty much a ♥♥♥♥ move seeing as you NEED to move from the center

[xxlordxx686]

Originally posted by ★Vox:

Originally posted by xxlordxx686:

The developer should implent a way to skip this since it's so annoying, the other ones were alright and the highscores to beat were acceptable, but this one takes it too far. Especially due to the random spawning of these asteroids you will easily hit from behind, because turning is so sluggish

That and unless you are in the middle they can spawn on top of you pretty much a ♥♥♥♥ move seeing as you NEED to move from the center

Oh yeah that as well and here I thought mini games should be fun diversions, f*** me I guess

[TemmieNeko]

Originally posted by Jonny Powers 5thGA:

Out of all the arcade games, this one is the most frsutrating. The controls are disproportionate in movement (moving forward is much faster than rotation) and overwhelming in enemies after you get past a score of 10 or 12k. Maybe I just need more practice, but I can't seem to get past a score of 15 or 16000 without dying, and the last 3k is usually me just sitting in the center rotating and firing the best I can. Anybody have any tips?

gonna assume you didnt get the point if it being faithful to the atari games.
lmao. and as this fellow said

Originally posted by xxlordxx686:

Oh yeah that as well and here I thought mini games should be fun diversions, f*** me I guess

[RobDeLaMorte]

I'm going to chip in and say that the Asteroid one and the Car one both need either their high scores lowered just a smidge, or their ramping up speeds dropped a bit. Asteroid game especially becomes a total ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of spammed asteroids you can't break fast enough even WITH rapidfire after the first 30 seconds.

I actually like the style of the games though, and I think they're a neat side thing. For progression's sake they should be made a little bit less of a roadblock though. >.>


Unrelated: People who complain it's bland in the mall should be kicked in the shins. It's a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ closing down shopping centre, not Comicon or whatever.

[Adrim]

I went for the achievements in these mini-games, which are higher than the high scores; ironically I had the most trouble in the snake game (but I already knew I suck at that one)

For the asteroid mini-game, try standing still for as long as you can and ignore the power-ups. The power-ups don't go away, so if you leave them be until things get really hectic (and they do) then you can pick 'em up and hold down the fire button so practically no bullet goes to waste. Since you move forward quickly and have forward momentum, try to tap your forward button instead of going full speed.
Should note that without the power-up you shoot semi-automatic, but with the power-up you can hold down the button and go automatic

For the car mini-game I tried staying in the middle lane, only moving to dodge and move back after dodging. This ended up being difficult later on because you would start moving up to 2 lanes with one key press, so I eventually tried sticking with the farmost left lane and found success. This way you only have to pay attention to your lane and quickly dodge when you see a car coming

Good luck!

[dynastystar]

I managed to beat it and I don't think that it should be lowered or be given the option to skip it.

[[HM] Halfax]

Ok after a HOUR and still no luck on the asteroids game. This is the final piece I need to finish this game. As a person who worked in a Arcade and worked on this cab. The major problems are this. #1. The buttons are easier to work with. ( https://arcadespecialties.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/vintage.asteroids.video_.arcade.game_.for_.sale_.jpg ) #2. Respanws just go wherever they want. #3. After the first "Rapid fire" special pops up. The rest are not worth going for.
If you wanted to give a "Arcade feel" with a game that you could play with a "Joystick". Tetris, Frogger, Ms./Pac-Man, Hell even Joust would have been a better idea.